Nicoletta Tavella

Experience

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  Nicoletta Tavella - Voice Overs

  Feb 1981 - now

  Voice-Over

  Professional Italian voice over. Voice over artist for radio and TV ads, guided tours for museums, language courses, company videos, computer games, cartoons, voice-response systems and much more. I'm the Italian Anne Frank's voice at the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam and the Italian voice of Cisco voice response systems. Among my other clients: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Philips, Almo Nature, Benetton, Imax, A. Vogel, KLM's BlueBiz, Kawasaki, Dymo, Toyota, Invisalign. I started working as a speaker/DJ/interviewer for local Italian radio stations when I was 15. Since then I've always worked with my voice and still love doing it.You can visit my website here: http://www.nicolettatavella.com/#!voice-overs/c1dwo Minder weergeven

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  Translation companies

  Jan 1987 - Dec 2002

  Interpreter/translator

  Prior to starting my cooking career I worked for 16 years as an interpreter/translator (freelance and with a contract) specializing in IT and subtitling. My languages were English, French, Dutch and Spanish into Italian. Nowadays I don't translate professionally anymore and yet... once a translator, always a translator. Which means that the first thing I see in a written text still is... the occasional spelling mistake. ;)

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  INK International BV

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1992

  In-house Translator

  IT translator specialized in Software and IT Documentation.

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  International Software Products

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1997

  Translator/Project Manager

  I worked for ISP 6 months as an employee and about 4,5 yrs as a freelancer.

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  Italian Cooking School "La Cucina del Sole"

  Jan 2002 - now

  Owner

  Italian cooking school in Amsterdam. The real Italian food experience in The Netherlands. For team building sessions with your employees, clients and colleagues: cooking together while enjoying drinks and nibbles, eating the wonderful Italian food you've prepared and sipping some good Italian wines together with your meal! I also organize workshops and 4-lessons courses with individual participation (so no need to book for a whole group of people), see http://www.cucinadelsole.nl (NL/EN)

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  Nicoletta Tavella - Food & Wine

  Jan 2002 - now

  Food Writer & Food Consultant

  I write recipes, food-related articles and blog posts in Italian, Dutch and English. My food consultancy activities include the development of new products, recipe writing, food photography, advising on the Italian and the Dutch food market and food trends. In 2014 I've developed a series of recipes for Grand'Italia's "Sugocasa" products, a premium range of bottled peeled tomatoes (see: https://youtu.be/DGVZVugVvvk). My first cookbook is "Antipasti"​ 200, Veltman Uitgevers (NL).My second cookbook "Cucina di casa mia - Recepten van een Italiaanse familie"​ (www.cucinadicasamia.nl) is a collection of family recipes and was published in Dutch by Choizes in the Netherlands. Awarded a prestigious prize at the Gourmand World Cookbooks Award in Paris 2013: 3rd place in the "Best Italian Cookbook in the World"​ category."Gewoon gezond"​ is my 3rd book, written by nutritionist Rolien Scheepbouwer, with my recipes. For Dutch Detox Coach Jacqueline van Lieshout I've developed a cooking workshop focused on healthy, detoxing dishes which we've given together several times. Most of the recipes have also been published in her "Het tempelkookboek voor kinderen" book with healthy recipes for kids. As a food consultant I've worked for the Dutch Consumentenbond, Dutch TV programs "Kassa!", "Smaakpolitie", "Herrie in de keuken", "Tijd voor Max" (http://www.omroepmax.nl/tijd-voor-max/alle-recepten-fragment/nieuws/risotto-ai-funghi-porcini-e-mirtilli/), "Huisje, boompje, beestje" (see http://www.schooltv.nl/share/NPS_1242195) and "Wat de boer niet kent (24Kitchen).In 2022 and 2023 I've followed several food photography courses with Dutch food photographer Lucie Beck. You can contact me for articles, essays, the writing of original recipes with beautiful photos, advice on the development of new food-related products and trends and for suggestions on the Dutch and the Italian food market.My blogs: http://cucinadelsole.nl/blog/ (EN)http://cucinadelsole.nl/nl/blog-nl/ (NL) Minder weergeven

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  House of Tarot

  Jul 2004 - now

  Tarotist and Numerologist

  Food, wine and writing are not the only passions I turned into jobs: I started reading Tarot cards at the age of 17 and at the time I did it for my friends using a booklet to understand the different meanings of the cards. Years later I decided I wanted to learn more than just "Tarot-from-a-booklet"​ and after 4 intense weeks of learning Tarot and Numerology in the States with Christopher Beaver between 2004 and 2006 I decided to start reading Tarot cards professionally. My way to read the Tarot is totally free from future-telling interpretations. I strongly believe in the idea that we all constantly create our “future” with our own choices, thoughts and beliefs so it doesn't make much sense to "read the future"​. I prefer to read the "now" so that I can give indications and advice on how to create a better future.What I do with my work is to help people better understand certain situations so that they can choose more consciously and with a serene mind what their next steps will be. Every Tarot reading starts with a Numerology analysis on personal birth number/numbers and personal year numerology and related energy.Visit my Tarot website: www.houseoftarot.nl Minder weergeven

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  Associazione Italiana Sommelier

  Dec 2009 - now

  Certified Sommelier with AIS (Italian Sommelier Association)

  Certified AIS Sommelier (internationally recognized).

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  Gambero Rosso Channel

  Jan 2011 - Feb 2012

  Cook/Host @ Italy's biggest TV food channel

  I hosted 40 episodes of pioneering cooking program "La cucina degli altri" on Italy's first and biggest food channel, Gambero Rosso Channel, Sky ch. 411."La cucina degli altri" was the very first program on Italian television dedicated to the international cuisine. In a country in which until 2011 nothing but the Italian cuisine was available on TV this program has represented a great pioneering break-through in Italy's culinary development.

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  PLMA

  Apr 2016 - now

  Judge Food & Non-Food for the International Salute to Excellence Awards, PLMA

  Judge Food & Non-Food in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Each year, PLMA gives recognition to outstanding private label products introduced on the shelves of supermarkets, hypermarkets, discounters, drugstores and specialty retailers from all over the world.Hundreds of products are submitted and selected for consideration, including food, beverages and wines, home and household, and health and beauty categories. Entries are evaluated by industry judges, professionals in retail and wine industry for taste, quality, appearance, packaging, product concept and value for money.Judges for the International Salute to Excellence Awards are selected on the basis of past and current experience with product concepts, packaging, quality, product appearance and value for money. See http://www.plmasalute.com/judges Minder weergeven

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  La Cucina del Sole

  Jan 2017 - now

  Cook, cooking teacher, recipe developer, food advisor & cookbook writer. Cooking instructor for culinary & cultural holidays in Italy. I started working for Bellavita Amsterdam in 2016 as a demo cook. In 2018 and 2019 I was Resident Chef at Bellavita Amsterdam and at Bellavita London. Culinary and cultural holidays in Italy (Puglia & Sicily) in collaboration with a Dutch travel agency.

  • Cook, cooking teacher & food writer

    Jan 2002 - now

  • Resident Chef at Bellavita Amsterdam 2018/2019 and Bellavita London 2018 & 2019

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2019

  • Cooking instructor during culinary & cultural holidays in Italy

    Jan 2017 - Nov 2019
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  Principessaplatessa.it

  Sept 2017 - Dec 2020

  Recipe developer and food blogger/writer

  Collaboration with the Dutch Fish Marketing Board (Nederlands Visbureau) writing articles/blog posts and developing recipes for their Italian site principessaplatessa.it created for promoting Dutch plaice on the Italian market.

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  Midori Green Salt

  Dec 2020 - now

  Owner

  Artisanal herbal salts and condiments handmade with ♥ in our Italian kitchen in Amsterdam.Only the purest Italian sea salt, herbs, garlic, spices, vegetables & citrus zest.Nothing else.